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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in electronic education technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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